A possible end-game scenario for healthcare bill?

[kentuck]

The House passes a bill with a public option. The Senate passes a bill with a co-op option. It goes to committee for reconciliation. There is a gridlock. They cannot agree on either. The President steps in to try and resolve the problem. He talks with each Senator on the committee. They finally reach an agreement. What do you think it will be?

[bkkyosemite]

1. It better not be co-op.........HR 676

[TexasObserver]

2. The House of Lords will say "No," while Harry Reid counts his health care money.

[csziggy]

3. How about this scenario - the only bill that CBO approves is HR676

The rest cost a lot of extra money and would require tax increases. H. R. 676 saves a ton of money and provides health care for every American.

Game over.

[regnaD kciN]

4. Here's a possible compromise -- a SINGLE national co-op...

...which would basically be set up exactly like a public option program, except "spun off" into a non-profit corporation rather that directly run by the government, much like the postal service is distinct from the government.

Since it's still a single entity, it would be able to bargain effectively in ways that fifty or more separate, smaller co-ops, as the "blue dogs" want, wouldn't be able to do. It would essentially have the same leverage, power, and size as a federally-run public option, except that they could say it "wasn't a government-run plan."